Description: The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2011

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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2011

Since the late 1990s access to information and communication technologies has seen tremendous growth, driven primarily by the wireless technologies and liberalization of telecommunications markets. Mobile communications have evolved from simple...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TARIFF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADULT LITERACY ATLAS BANDWIDTH BITS PER SECOND BROADBAND BROADBAND CONNECTIONS CELLULAR NETWORK CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFYING COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CONTENTS COPYRIGHT ICT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION COMMUNICATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION INTERNET SERVERS LITERACY RATE MISSING DATA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE TELEPHONE PERSONAL COMPUTERS PRODUCTIVITY RESULT SERVERS TECHNOLOGY SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS REVENUE TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEVISION TEXT USER USERS WEB WEB SITE WIRELESS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20110803024139 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4381

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Summary:	Since the late 1990s access to information and communication technologies has seen tremendous growth, driven primarily by the wireless technologies and liberalization of telecommunications markets. Mobile communications have evolved from simple voice and text services to diversified innovative applications and mobile broadband internet. The number of mobile cellular subscriptions reached approximately 4.7 billion globally, including people in remote and rural areas. The number of Internet users has risen constantly and now tops 1.8 billion people, with the number of broadband connections more than 470 million in 2009. The little data book on information and communication technology 2011 charts the progress of this revolution for 213 countries around the world. It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2000 and 2009 across a range of indicators, enabling readers to readily compare countries. This book includes indicators covering the economic and social context, the structure of the information and communication technology sector, sector efficiency and capacity, and sector performance related to access, usage, quality, affordability, trade, and applications.